Astropolitik

jrth and leo-have the nuke in the truck, going to tsai’s place-jrth crashes the truck in a lower level trash route because he’s on drugs. they discuss what to do with the nuke before the cops get to them. they decide to drag the nuke into a dumpster, then have leo direct it (it auto-moves) while using his sanitation disguise. jareth goes into the dumpster with his armor on. also takes the heavy weapons.-they get LOS to Tsai’s apartment

Max Notes

Mittnick Must Die!

·Coming out of the tank, sees Sabio and Desmond

·Sabio is pestering him without introducing himself, then introduces himself

-desmond contacts boss, tells him what vlad told him about tsai's work, also says that vlad is def a terran

-boss says that he has info on missing terrans, sifts through to match kristos up with one of them, successfully matches with vlad hayder. desmond reads credentials, and realizes the gravity of who vlad is

-desmond says that vlad isn't the real threat, and has been cooperative, so they should focus on tsai. boss says that vlad/lt. hayder can probably used as a way around .seneschal's security

-boss says contact lt. hayder and use him to get into tsai's lab

-switch topic to leo: he's very dangerous and sooner or later he'll be a problem and discover that desmond is rogue

vlad wakes up and has some time to look at lilith’s intel
-tsai doesn’t use klein und mitnick security, all are handled through .seneschal
-briefings on GISA investigations into tsai’s hidden research, no evidence of what he’s

acutally doing.
-really big orders of material
-small cohort of myrmidons for shedding light on his operations on cormac (possibly)

Goin to work, greeted by tsai. he says that he has revamped the simulationkts

simulation
-.seneschal greeting
-go into deeper level again, control of several manufacturing facilities (diff)
-simulated dwarf planet, three facilities across equator, one on each pole
-vlad makes planetary guns, proximity mines, fortifications on the ground and facilities,

carriers that hold attack drones that suicide when close and bomber drones, a nano-reactive

after work, next day
-gentsia shows up, vlad puts foot in mouth explaining how work is hard
-news on jrth terrism, gentsia recognizes him, vlad says that she’s in way over her head

(paranoia + myrmidons + jrth), they go back to vlad’s quarters bc its safe (vlad broke the bug)
-gentsia tells that tsai is worried about myrmidons and others which is probably what jrth is

supposed to distract, gentsia is worried that she’s stuck between a rock and a hard place with

tsai and people coming after tsai
-she says that she’s gonna get more info on stuff and meet up with vlad in the bar called Nadir

at Nadir
-vald brings gun, he gets there before gentsia, taking in the dive-barness
-gentsia appears in semi-disguise, expalins jrth situation in more detail
-gentsia is like why am i telling you this, and vlad says that he’s also nervous about his

position bc he’s not a free stater and that once he’s done with tsai, he can go home and stay

there. trust acquired. gentsia says that she’s gonna try to get a longer break for vlad so that

look, then has shaky reasoning on why it couldn’t have been real
-vlad presses tsai on why ladysmith is the way it is (connection to real world), and tsai says

something about moon being attacked from enemies in an asteroid field (oddly specific)
-they decide that vlad shouldn’t drink any alcohol while on medication for immersion tank

meeting wiff laughlin
-go to laughlin’s hangar and take apart “the queen”, the skiff that he’s giving to vlad.
-they take it apart and load it into laughlin’s truck and put it into a warehouse that vlad

“buys” from himlaughlin informs vlad of jrth’s desire to has meetink
-laughlin says good luck and don’t call me when the shitstorm happens’
-Vlad weapon construction montage - lasers, armor, and a nuke

-Goes into chamber … fades into a "floating/fixed space" … feels like "being in a video game"

Scene 4: Leo's Mind

-Hologram of Dr. Estross pops op.

-"It appears that you are adjusting fairly well…I know I mentioned that I would follow you into this immersion…do understand that this is not Sabio speaking to you int he strict sense…just a set of procedures outlined by Sabio…Will not know the things you say to me now until i decipher them later."

-"What is the point in your memory…temporally or through peripheral memory…where you would like to recover your memory."

-Where were you during ambush?

-Trojan cluster

-Describe/visualize the texture of the walls.

-As he visualizes a dream memory manifests itself … area he is in turns into it.

-What were you looking for?…any other details?…why were you sent here?

-To eliminate the target.

-How did you get into this room?(no doors)

-Door appears.

-Was the thing you were looking for supposed to be in this room? Or in a later/other room?

-In an adjacent room.

-Door appears

-"So when you stepped into that door you were ambushed?"

-Walked in … guy wasn't there … ambushed.

-What do you know about the people who ambushed you/the man you were hunting.

-I recognized this logo on the myrmidon's armor.

-Anything else about why you were here?

-Only the info needed to eliminate the target.

-Step through door and recognize hostiles.

-A lot of dreamlike quality is lost.

-Details start being filled in

-Whole scene freezes

-Lots of computers

-Kline and Mitnik do not make computers, must be their stuff, he was inside a Kline & Mitnik server room

-Sent there because of orders

-Harboring something

-At the end there is another door

-Information might be stored in his old armor

-Did you check if the target was there before operation?

-target was Mitnik

-Go to another memory?

-Remember more about being assigned his mission

-Small private meeting room in a ship on route to ________

-Standing

-Mission explained by commanding officer…remote

-What is lighting like?

-Room comes into proper view

-"In spite of his contributions to this nation, Mitnik has gone too far…when we thought he was removing free consciousnesses he was actually harboring them…we cannot know what damage he has caused…it is imperative that he be removed."

-Mitnik a sitting high council member who contributes intelligence.

-Mitnik probably on life support.

-Pulled out of immersion

-Were you satisfied with what you found?

-This definitely worked

-Confidentiality concerns?

Scene 5: Jareth, in a Dark Room

-Jareth wakes up in a dark room, chained to a chair..

-Desmond ask's Jareth questions …

-Who are you

-Jareth

-Why are you here

-On a job from Marcus

-What job

-Help with shipping

-How?

-Protect from the guys who want to stop it

-What do you do after this job?

-Idk another job?

Jareth asks

-What do you want?

-Help getting to Tsai

-I don't have a line to him

-You are connected to him

-What do I get from this

-To live???

Scene 6: Leo, CFS headquarters

-Goes to police

-Asks to talk Rina

-Rina grieving

-Talking with Rina

-"They didn't tell me they were sending more"

-Other myrmidons have been giving a standing order to assist Cormak's security forces.

-Have you been given a similar order? Or would you be willing to contribute?

-I was given no such order … I should be able to meet that request.

Scene 7: Desmond, Cormac

· Back to present

· Has talked to Reena to deal with living quarters and whatnot

· Other Myrmidons that are around (all work for high council members, all in contact with Reena)

VLad asks after related works, there are, a pressing matter or wait for more complete search?day to wait constraint

Epistem woman offers advisor, vlad interested

Resolution: To be contacted by advisor for pressing if it is possible if not jeoporidizing research. Vlad send her bad vives message.

Scene 2 – Jareth

The Drop-Jareth gets the heavy gauss pistol from arsenal-Makes the drop and gets map info-Includes estimated police response times and access to Scoffield's home address

Scene 3 – Leo

Leo:-memory of briefing room, man says something about a guy harboring some group, and that that's why he needs to be taken down. flashback to fight with myrmidons, takes many down, rendered unconscious by explosive while in escape pod.-Leo wakes up. smells insence, seems like a guest bedroom, outfitted to maintain temp&humidity. he notices his hair is longer and he has the stubble, different/nice clothes. nutrient "IV" on arm. some books am around. leo sees a stylus and grabs it for weapon. AI appears on night stand (18th century look), introduces himself as vamana. he am in the care of doctor chowdhury. gets him food, says that leo hasn't eaten solid food in weeks. eats, then looks for an exit. vamana says that the doctor would like to talk to him before he leaves, knows he's a myrmidon. leo waits, gets some nondescript utilitarian clothes.-chowdhury arrives, explains that leo was found by a patrol, and he took him in, since he used to do work on myrmidons. leo asks why he's been so generous, ch says that he'd rather not be on leo's bad side. says that he could be useful in some of ch's research. ch deduced how leo was made unconscious. follows the guy to lab, chatting. -they get to sea lab. chowdhury says he's doing work on immersion recovery. chowdhury offers him menial position while he gets his bearings back. they start talking about if leo has some credentials, but leo says that it would probably be better to fabricate some, they go to a terminal and as chowdhury goes through a bunch of authorization things, and a familiar symbol comes up, (K&M) and leo remembers seeing it on his mission.-chowdhury says that leo needs to go to the dented hull to meet with laughlin. Leo asks what Chow's angle is, and he says that unmarked labor is hard to come by, and being on a myrmidon's good side is a big plus. chow also says that he has need for a myrmidon, and leo says "perhap"

Scene 4 – Jareth

House Call•Smoke•EMP•Satchel•Light Armor•Boquet of Flowers – burned•Confronted the husband, burned him a bit, stuck a satchel charge on him and left

Scene 5 – Leo

-leo gets ping, meets laughlin in dented hull. they has drink. leo don't wanna tell why they am meetingk, but says he wants new credentials, something that will let him move around the city pretty freely.-leo gets the identitiy dwayne marks, a maintenance for compact waste management solutions, not glorious, but many mobility. he'll also have some references. laughlin gives him a document containing some physical sites to do work on. also, offers to am him the guns-leo ams back to the doctol. leo tells him the false identity, and then chow says something about hiring him for disposal

Scene 6 – Jareth (and Leo?)

At the Club•Let Reena know he had her husband, sent her a picture of bomb•Rigged deadman’s switch, forgot to tell reena•Go to the club, Leo present•Three cops, EMPs are tossed, autoturret•Jareth punches through walls to maneuver•Ultimately punches to the outside

Scene 7 – Vlad

Vlad goes to Terminal, john carteseas face

discussion of danger and help

play waitng game, dont end up on receiving end. TRAPS!!

requesting guns, and maybe camerascases own quarters

Scene 8 – Vlad

-laughlin offers Vlad a drink, vlad says he's interested in getting some "advanced home security". laughlin mentions that he's getting low on bandwidth, feels like he might be supplying a bunch of sides in a conflict. reveals to vlad that he was contacted by a mercenary and he knows that myrmidons are about. vlad feels justified-laughlin mentions that he has a defense pod that vlad can salvage from to has electronics, and says a gun or two would be nice

· Talked to the manager of McCormick’s, Joe, fails to really explain his complexion, but whatever.

· Looking up Dr. Sai on the internet, Sai did some early virtual research for immersive tech with Dr. Wenhao Lim, ended up in opposite camps, used computer to delve into minds, Sabio is super extremist.

· Got a map of the city (a bit redacted, you get a lot of access restricted

· Interlude

· Went to the port to see ships, go back and Tsai is not present.

· NEXTLEVELSHIT – Seneschal

o Will no longer have a virtual body

o Voice only?

o Abandon the illusion of the tangible self

o Okey doke.

· Distinctly Earth, manhole type thing, interpretive

· Mind gets assaulted by many sources of information, seem to be looking out as a camera lens, he sees a large missile, there are other sensors in the room, can move his perspective

follows his locator thing
-jrth enters luxury viewing port, and sees the doctor. Tsai explains that the port is generally

used for anonymous romantic excursions, going to the highest bidder. Tsai says its for privacy,

and hands jrth a memstick with his mission on it. jrth says just tell me who and where, and

tsai laughs. tsai tells him that the memstick’s contents will be wiped after being read, money

goes not to jrth but to dakkon (his old colleague). he is officially off tsai’s payroll.
-memstick: contains a stolen galilean security record on dr tsai, explaining how he’s

obfuscating his research and breaking the law. says that he’s bringing in outside people to do

research on military research for unkown reasons. galilean security dispatched myrmidons to

mess up his operations. tsai is not permitted to have personal security force, hence jrth
-memstick continued: desmond, an agent from balrog company (of myrmidons) is sent to find reena

scoffield in corsec, prandtl grimes (shady man) is a contact of tsai’s
-contents wiped, jrth goes to a seedy bar near a port
-“talks with fists” compelled at bar, harasses some guy playing billiards about myrmidons,

different guy whips out knife, escalation, dude backs down, gives him a locator and says "call

me up when you wizen up". Jrth immediately calls him, admits small amount of fault, gets

cooperation and they go to a table
-dude asks what puts myrmidons on his mind, jrth explains that life in the GU is good and

everywhere else is shit. dude explains he was a trader, name am laughlin, got into smuggling,

foiled by myrmidons, and they took off some limbs. jrth asks why he was so upset about bad

mouthing the myrmidons, the guy responds that he knows that they’re around, as well as their

contacts, so they’ll get to you real quick
-jrth goes to go look for grimes (compelled by “show me the money”) at the place where he

usually patrols, goes trolling, two officers come up to him, and he asks them if either of them

is grimes, and he mouths off to them and culls their shit, they direct him to a waiting area

and say that grimes will be with him shortly.
-3 dudes come up and says that one of them is grimes, jrth makes up some stuff about how he and

grimes go way back, they say nope, jrth says its friendly, and the other two walk away, and

they guy says that the manner in which he has approached him is poor form. they go to a bar,

and grimes says go to the bathroom and they’ll talk there, jrth complies
-he locks the bathroom door (so they’re both in the stalls), grimes rolls a thing out of the

stall and deactivates the camera, he comes out and bears his nasty face.
-they talk of their mutually shadyness, and then of myrmidons. jrth asks about desmond, then

grimes whips out a gun and asks who he am, jrth slaps gun away from him, and continues asking

about desmond. cooperation is has, grimes says that desmond is investigating tsai, currently in

more coming depending on what he finds. Balrog company specializes in destroying assets. grimes

says that he could give him more pointers if he’s “incentivized”. Jrth asks him about marcus

dakkon, and he tells him that he dropped off weapons to tsai for reversed engineering. Grimes

says that he can get him a police map of things, and then jrth talks about payment/threats.
-they negotiate to trade one of jareth’s untracked pistols for the map and access to some

family homes

VLADNOTES
-Vlad goes for a quiet drink at The Dent where Jrth was
-day 2 of attacks, armor idea successfully repels OFS fleet, and rail guns
wave 2: terran recon vanguard drone
-Vlad: make pods that deploy chaff, and ra
-chaff disrupts the initial wave
-2 frigates arrive and flank
-Vlad makes turrets
-Frigates deploy strikers with thermal and EMP weaponry to hit torrents
-Vlad rail guns the missile ports on the frigates
-Vlad destroys gunboats with suicide attack from the station
-they talk about Vlad’s trick at the end of the last simulation and how tsai must reprogram it

order to make it more challenging
-vlad calls up gentsia for hang-out options, they go to war history museum, Vlad gets compelled

by Educated Homeworlder to tell her “the real story” about the war, she slips up and says

something about how all of tsai’s contacts like guns. she tells him about another free-stater,

a merc (jrth) who got a lot of guns under tsai’s employ. vlad assures her that they’re both

Scene 1 –• Wakes up in the middle of a room, with a dented wall, locked door. • Pushes the door open• Room opens to Iceman (stupid name) the pimp, and two enforcers, and a bunch of prostitutes, one of whom Jareth had injured• Jareth tries to talk/argue for a little bit, decides to just fight. • Burns one of the thugs and caves Iceman's face in with a flying face punch• Marcus walks in, executes guards, gives Jareth access codes for a new job

-wakes up, has caffeine pills with OJ (synthetic), showersz, go to work an hour late -work in crust, goes to her office, people at work have mixed feelings about her as a person -notification from KLEIN about job, video message from Hort of his ceiling-climbing cats -delegates subordinates to do stuff with emails related to job (Chowdhury, biochemical engineer who is having problems with his computer systemsz) -KLEIN talks to lorrie about chowdhury case, fiatLUX is responsible for leaks in cases that Lorrie worked on, KLEIN says unless she can prove otherwise, he'll assume that she is fiatLUX. Should be a trivial case, but investigate and don't let it happen again. good work btw. -Lorrie puts tracer on subordinate to begin investigation of subordinates. Leak stuff has to do with biochem, specifically has to do with procedure stuff though no conclusions. -Lorrie finds some info and decrypts to figure out that the leak is from Hort's computer. Skepticism. She has tlacel on Hort -Lorrie goes to talk SAMSONLAZARO (a subordinate) to show him the data KLEIN gave her so she can has understand what the experiment is useful for, employ humor to make him think she's not trying to steal it -it so happens that its about increasing tolerances to immersive reality, lorrie assimilates info, and looks up stuff about fiatLUX -fiatLUX am woman hackel, info goes to her and then somewhere else. She am specifically Melis Qasimova, Client Relations Officer for CommPact Waste Management Solutions

-Flashback to two months ago: Vlad is in a dark briefing room with a Tycho Group Agent, who tells him that he is needed for an operation of theirs involving the Galilean Union. -Vlad is curious why he, a tech, is going to be working for them. Agent responds that they need someone very technically capable and experience with the maintenance and design of defense arrays, which none of their agents are, to infiltrate a scientist's lab and get as much information as they can back to the TF. As a final note, he adds that if it goes well, vlad will be taken off of active duty and allowed to work for the TF at his leisure so he can be with his family. -Vlad agrees, and they get into the specifics… -Back to present, Vlad, under the identity Kristos "Railgun" McCoy, wakes up on a transport vessel pulling in to dock at Cormac on Europa. Goes through customs as a foreigner, and presents the authorization he was given from the Tycho Group. -After waiting around, Vlad meets up with Gentsia, Tsai's secretary. They head over to the transport tube to meet with Tsai. Small talk goes awkwardly as Vlad tries to stick to his cover and comes off as an uneasy man. -They arrive at Tsai's apartment, Vlad interacts with .seneschal, Tsai's AI. When Tsai arrives, they have an informal interview where Vlad/Kristos talks about his previous work. -Tsai tells Vlad that he's working on a defense system, so Vlad/Kristos will be in his element. Satisfied, Tsai says see you tomorrow, and Gentsia shows him to his apartment -Intermission! -Vlad takes the transport tube back to Tsai's lab the next day, and Tsai is late. He shows up in a few minutes, and they get down to business. -In the lab are many immersion tanks, and Tsai says that that is where Kristos will be working, after he learns how to use it. -.Seneschal and Vlad do a training exercise in the tank while immersed, and vlad thinks he fails, but apparently did very well by actually getting things (though not the right ones) to happen. They continue with exercises.

-Wakes up and goes to the lab to find that Ikvinder, Doctor Lim's apprentice and persistent thorn in Sabio's side, has been working for at least 40 hours on some problem regarding reconciling different simulation paradigms-Sabio questions why Ikvinder has worked so much overtime and if the approach might be wrong; Ikvinder snaps back and asks why Sabio doesn't take it up with Lim if he's so concerned-Ikvinder gets frustrated and leaves-Sabio decides to look over Ikvinder's work. bell.1c0Se, the lab's AI, warns him not to pull anything funny. Sabio consults Oby and they conclude that Lim has sent Ikvinder on a wild goose chase to test him-Sabio realizes someone may be in this failed simulation-His fear is correct and he recovers a young man from the simulation tank. At first the boy cannot even remember his own name but eventually Sabio assesses his affective states and has bell.1c0se provide the data on how to handle a subject that has turned out this way. Sabio implants a command to prevent the boy from recalling his experience and directs him out of the lab-Ikvinder and returns and he and Sabio get in a nasty argument on experimental ethics which mainly consists of personal attacks. After ikvinder strikes a particularly low blow Sabio parts with the promise that Ikvinder will "learn to have more respect when in he presence of a fallen God". He then leaves to cool off and get a sandwich